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Object Number
2004.1.149.20.1
Display Title
Marietta Earthworks, platform mound in northwestern enclosure
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on Board: "One of the Platform Mounds of the Large Earthworks at Merietta, Ohio / Valley of (?) Muskingum / Now reserved for a public square / [verso] Peabody Museum, / Cambridge, / Mass."
Department
Photographic
Date
1880s
Culture
- Hopewell
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
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Ohio
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Washington County
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Marietta
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Marietta Earthworks; Ohio State # 33WN13
Dimensions
Overall: 11.43 × 16.8275 cm (4 1/2 × 6 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
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